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Major gifts give momentum to School of Nursing building campaign
Two major gifts announced today (Oct. 2) provide a major boost to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing and its Power of Nursing Campaign to build and staff a new nursing science center. Read More
Interdisciplinary conference asks ‘What is human?’
A conference addressing the issue "What is Human?" will be held on campus this week. Read More
Federal grants power research on computer games and learning
A research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently won $4.5 million in federal grants to study computer games and learning. Read More
UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota
On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin–Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling craft Limnos anchored about one-quarter mile offshore on a clear sunny day, four students pulled up a small net and began poking through its contents. Read More
Chancellor’s lecture launches Year of the Humanities
A lecture that delves into the songs and sexuality of ancient Greek drinking parties and a talk on the 1989 German revolution that brought down the Berlin Wall are just two events that will mark the Year of the Humanities on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Read More
Author to visit campus for common-reading program
Michael Pollan, whose book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" is the focus of the Go Big Read common-reading project, will give a free public talk on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
UW-Madison launches Go Big Read book program
When thousands of people read the same book, it's bound to get people talking. And when that book's subject matter has passionate defenders and critics, it's sure to get readers together to share their thoughts, reactions and opinions. Read More
Philanthropist and UW–Madison join to develop new-generation leaders
What do American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan do in their "spare" time? Read More
Faculty aim to strengthen technology, science education by blending them
A group of UW–Madison researchers and Thermo Fisher Scientific scientists will bring together high school students and teachers to build and use diagnostic equipment that would not be out of place in university research labs. Read More
UW-Madison symposium addresses science’s holiest grail: building life from scratch
While at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, biochemist Har Gobind Khorana helped crack the genetic code, completing a set of experiments that garnered him a Nobel Prize in 1968. Read More
Restructured folklore class brings local culture to life
Most students would jump at the chance to customize their own course content for the semester. Robert Howard, an associate professor of communication arts and associate chair of the Folklore Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, gave his students such an opportunity. Read More
American Indian documentary to examine ancestral origins of campus
A documentary examining the historical and contemporary triumphs and challenges of the American Indian peoples and Indian nations of the Great Lakes will air on the Wisconsin Channel (20.2) at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 9. Read More
Educators to learn about using hip hop, spoken word as classroom tools
More than 40 educators from nine states will attend the fourth annual Hip Hop and Spoken Word Teacher/Educator Institute on campus July 6-10. Read More
High school teachers leave for Rwanda on UW–Madison Fulbright grant
This week, the University of Wisconsin–Madison African Studies Program is taking 15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners from across the United States to Rwanda for 30 days. Read More
Students help New Orleans wetlands
A project led by students at UW–Madison and designed to restore New Orleans wetlands damaged by Hurricane Katrina recently took a major step forward. Read More
Chemistry professor reveals the science behind fireworks
Come early to the Memorial Union Terrace this Saturday, June 27, to stake out a good seat for Rhythm and Booms and learn about the science behind the spectacle. Read More
From Earth to the universe to Capitol Square
On Saturday, June 27, wonders from the far reaches of the universe will be brought down to Earth on the Capitol Square. Read More